Cabbage-cutter



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E. s. LAUGHLIN. GARBAGE CUTTER.

No. 492,814. Patented Mar. 7, 189s.

TATES PATENT OFFICE.

CABBAG E- CUTTER.

vSPIE!GIIEICATIQN' forming part of Letters Patent No. 492,814, datedMarch 7, 1893.

Application led March 21, 1892. Serial No. 425,816. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may conce-rn.-

Be it known that I, ELIZABETH S. LAUGH- LIN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCabbage- Cutters; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part ofthis specification.

My invention relates to an improved cabbage cutter, and consists incertain details of construction, and combination of parts as will befully described hereinafter and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l, is a side sectional elevation ofmy improved cabbage cutter, which is constructed in accordance with myinvention. Fig. 2 is an end sectional elevation of the saine, showingthe device for placing a pressure on the cabbage thrown, or revolvedback to place the cabbage Within the holder.

To put myinvention into practice I provide a base board 1 havinga hingedportion 5,and cutting blade 2 after the manner common in the art of thisclass of cabbage cutters, and the said base board is provided withupwardly extending sides 3 in which grooves 4 are formed in thedirection of the length of the said sides. Operating on the top of thiscutter is a box 8, having projecting strips 4 which enter the grooves 3,and serve to confine the said box 8 in position, and at the same timepermit a back and forward movement of the box along the cutte'r board.Attached to one side of this box 8, by means of a hinge 19, is a bentbar 12, which spans. the box and serves as a bearing for a central shaft10, and a connected pressure block 7. This bearing 12 is made fast tothe other side of the box 8, by

means of a notch 17, engaging with a springV ISO ure block 7, serves tohold the said block 7 y above the cutter, as shown at Fig. 2 on thedrawings. Formed on the upper portion of the shaft 10, is a screw threadon which anut 13, is placed, which will prevent the block 7 from movingbeyond a certain point, and the said shaft provided with a handle 14 bymeans of which the block 7 may be drawnrup and secured by the hook 15.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

In a cabbage cutter, the combination with the cutting-board 1, providedwith the hinged portion 5, having the cutting blade 2, and the upwardlyextending sides 3, provided with the i longitudinal grooves 4, in theinner opposing faces thereof, of the sliding-box 8, having the bearing19, the bent bar 12, hinged to the bearing 19, the pressure block 7, thecentral shaft 10, seated in the bent-bar 12, and encircled bya spiralspring between the pressure block and the bent bar, the stop-nut 130mathreaded portion of the shaft` 10, between the handle portion 14, andthe bent bar 12, and the hook-rod 15 connecting the pressure-block 7,with the bent bar 12, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I hereunto aftix my signaturethis 26th day of February, A. D. 1892.

ELIZABETH S. LAUGHLIN. [L. s]

In presence of- Y LUoIUs O. FRAZIER, S. S. SLOAN.

